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    New to me 23' Eliminator Daytona

    I feel great to be back among the floating! I picked up a new to me 1982 Eliminator Daytona 23' with twin 1995 or 1996 2.5 260's (8,200 limiter) spinning out, on para-lift brackets, transom mounted water pick-up, and has a "Limited Edition by RPM Racing" plaque on the left-hand drive dash. California style interior with lounges behind driver and co-pilot seats and rear bench. Training wheels are 24 pitch 3-blade choppers with a "top-end" set of 32 pitch 3-blade choppers. Hull seems light for everything I have read about these being heavy. The forward cuddy is bare and open. Any information that can be provided on this would be greatly appreciated. I think I will be on training wheels for at least a season, this is my first twin set-up. The boat has some character, but I can learn now and not worry about scrapes etc. Plan is to get it split open and re-done after plenty of seat time.

    Any ideas on tank size? Previous owner would pump 30 gallons of premium and add 1 gallon of Merc HP oil.

    This set-up had a 12-year barn stay, so the motors are cleaner than most 20-year old 2.5's!

    Thanks in advance!
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    we had a 1988 23 daytona for 12 years ,what we found out is 24 choppers are great for a boat load of people
    or drag racing your buds ,or spankin other boats on the lake in short course,your 32 choppers you wont like after 85/90 mph the boat will get naughty
    buy a set of 14 1/2 x 30 or 32 lab cleavers they are smoother less steering torque especially with morse cable steering ,you should go hydraulic steering
    at some point its really nice other than that 23 daytona is nice safe boat for whole family handles moderate rough water easily we used to go 90 in 3 footers mid aft when all wakeboard /ski boats were ideling
    your boat looks awsum have fun with it be safe ,it does like to be pointed at the wind to go fast instead of down wind because of no steps in hull not much positive trim needed into the wind . our's had twin 30 gal tanks
    up to 7000 rpm 40 to 1 is ok if your going to run 24 choppers light load spin er to 8000 then 32 to 1

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    Subscribing. I have a 1990 23' with a top cap that looks like no other I can find. Mine has twin Yamaha 300 hpdi's. I had them turning out but a knowledgable local recommended I switch them because I have porpoising right at 70. Never been over 75 in it. I have a set of 24" bravo1's now and a pair of 30" bravo1's in the attic.

    I made the switch from twin cable to hydraulic sea star tournament and love it.

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    Thanks for posting, EngineerMike! Here is my set-up. The Para-Lift has 12" setback at the sweet spot. I am wondering how much setback you have because I don't experience any porpoising at those speeds. I know your motors are heavier too, so maybe that could be why? Mine are turning out. Do you have any pictures you can post of your transom set-up?
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    Shaft center lines are about even with the bottom of the center pod. Setback is about 12".

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    Top deck pic. Anyone seen another like it?Click image for larger version. 

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    looks like a 24 daytona

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    Quote Originally Posted by eli View Post
    looks like a 24 daytona
    The windshield is squared off unlike the 24's I've seen. Also, it measured 23' not including jack plate.

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    either way its a beauty

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    Thanks Eli! You need to come show me how to drive it.

    RikuY, sorry for the thread hijack!

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    Cool looking Eliminator! I like how clean the lines are! Not a hijack at all, we are talking 23' Daytona's and yours looks great! When I split mine open and refresh it, I am getting rid of the 4 side windows by the registration numbers and the top hatch, so your's gives me an idea how the smooth lines will look.

    Your lines look classic to me, do you have a cuddy up front? If not, maybe your balance is off causing the porpoising? Can you stuff some weight up there? Eli, did you have a cuddy in yours?

    I am getting my my motors tested for compression and leak down and a good look over by a respected guy here local. I am learning about these 2.5 260's, and I am getting more and more excited!
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    I'm wondering if there was a California deck and a Wisconsin (Shawano) deck. The attached page from an Eliminator brochure from 1988 shows both decks. My boat is a Shawano boat and has the taller/sculpted deck, not flat.
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    Awesome post Hydroskreamin! Do you have any more pages of the brochure? I thought I had two 35 gallon tanks, and now I know! Thank you! My deck looks like yours, with the hatch and raised section. I was told it came from California though?!? Thanks to all the contributors on this post so far!
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    Quote Originally Posted by RikuY View Post
    Awesome post Hydroskreamin! Do you have any more pages of the brochure? I thought I had two 35 gallon tanks, and now I know! Thank you! My deck looks like yours, with the hatch and raised section. I was told it came from California though?!? Thanks to all the contributors on this post so far!
    I have ALL the pages of the brochure scanned, as it was my buddy's. I also have single sheet pamphlets that I scanned from him as well. Maybe I should post them in the photos section?? The single page flyer has what I believe to be Marv Jorgenson and ?Bill?'s triple engine monsters.

    My tanks measure 12" tall, 72" long, 8" at the bottom, and 10" at the top, figuring out to 33 gallons using the outside dimensions, but if you figure a 1/4" less for aluminum thickness in each direction, they figure out to about 30 gallons.

    I'm finishing a refurb on mine, hopefully heading to interior here in the next week or so. Believe me, I've seen pix of yours before, as I've looked up images for 23 and 24 Daytonas for the last 3 years getting ideas, seeing what all the differences are over the years, and what I like and don't like. Eli's old boat is one of the cleanest examples, ever.

    I can also tell you to take care of that hatch, as I looked hi and low for a replacement, and they are not to be found. I didn't want to have to redo any gel work on mine, so I ended up putting a larger hatch in, and having to slide it back to fit the raised feature in the deck, and that forced me to have to do a filler plate. It came out nice, but was expensive to replace, and time consuming to make the adapter. My smoked lid is in one piece and has stress cracks, but is usable. The frame was junk.

    Let me know about the brochures. If people think I should post them in the photo section, I will. I scanned them for good clarity, so they are big files. I also wanted to be able to reference them cleanly for myself when I had questions.
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